Barn.



are. 732,787.

UNITED STATES iatauted July '7, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SOHEIDLER, OF OOLDWATER, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN N.NEAL, OF COLDVVATER, MICHIGAN.

BARN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 732,787, dated July 7,1903.

Application filed May '7, 1902. Serial No. 106,358. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SCHEIDLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Goldwater, in the county ofBranch and State ofMichigan, haveinvented a new and useful Barn, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of barns andother buildings designed to contain grain and similar stuffs.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction' hereinafter fullyset forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of theframing of a barn embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 r is a detail.perspective view of a portion of one of the rafters, showing thesections thereof secured together. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same,showing the sections ofthe rafter disposed to form the angle at the hipand showing the gambrel-block secured to the sections of the rafter.

In practicing my invention I employ the usual end and side sills, whichare spiked together at their ends or otherwise suitably joined. From theside sills rise the vertical studs 1, on the upper ends of which aresocured the plates 2. The hips of the roof are supported by uprighttrusses 3, each of which comprises an upper section 3, disposed in avertical position, and a lower section 3, disposed in an inclinedposition, with its lower end secured to the lower end of one of thestuds 1. Between the meeting ends of the said sections 3 .3 is driven awedge-shaped key 4. The upright truss 3 is connected to the upper end ofthe stud 1 by a horizontally-disposed tie 5, which is nailed or spikedto the said stud and to the lower end of the section 3 and the upper endofthe section 3 of the said truss. The upper section 3 is connected toone of the rafters 6 by a tie '7, which is preferably disposed in aninclined position, as shown. The lower section 3 of the truss isconnected to the stud 1 at a point intermediate its length by a tie 8,which is also preferably inclined. I employ a vertical strut 9 inconnection with the truss, the said strut being disposed in line withthe verto the upper end of the lower section of the tical upper sectionof the truss and secured truss by nails or other suitable means. Thelower section of the truss, together with the said strut, is connectedto the stud 1 by a tie 10, which is here shown as disposed in a v fromwithin, whereby a building constructed 6o in accordance with myinvention is effectually prevented from having its sides and ends bulgedoutwardly by the weight of the grain or other contents thereof. It willbe furthermore understood that the truss and strut, which are connectedby the ties to the rafters and studs of the building, greatly strengthenthe walls thereof and prevent the same from being racked by the. wind.

It will be understood that my improve- 7o ments enable a barn or similarbuilding to be framed of comparatively light stuff, whereby asubstantial'economy of material is effected and the cost of the buildinggreatly reduced. It will be understood that the strut 7'5 9 also serves,in connection with the truss with which it is associated, to sustain thehip of the roof. The sides andends of a barn or other building so framedare so strong as to enable me todispensewi-th the cross beams or tieswhich are usually employed-to connect the sides of a building together.Inthis particular also a material economy is eifected and the capacityof the barnis increased.

Each of the rafters 6 is composed of a lower section 6 and an uppersection 6". The same have their meeting ends partially cut on the angles11 required by the roof and partially cut at right angles, as at 12. Theright-angled portions of the meeting ends of therafon tor-sections areat the outer or upper sides of said rafter-sections. The upper ends ofthe upper rafter-sections are out on the required angles 13. Prior toraising each rafter the sectionsthereof are disposed end for end in 5the same plane and are connected together by wires 14, which areembedded in the'upper sides of the rafter-sections, are; of suitablelength, and are secured thereto by staples 15 at the ends of the saidwires and nails 10 J or spikes 16 in eyes 17, formed in the wires atpoints intermediate their ends. A pin or other suitable metallic stripor plate 18 overlaps the meeting ends of the rafter-sections on theirupper sides and is disposed under the tie-wires. When the sections ofthe rafter have been thus secured together, the rafter is bent to closethe ends 11 of its sections together and open the portions 12, therebystretching the tie-wires 14 and tightening them to the maximum extent,and a gambrelblock 19 is then secured on the under side of the rafter atthe angle thereof, as shown in Fig. 3. As shown in the drawings, thegambrel-bloekis secured to the sections of the rafter by nails orspikes; but I do not limit myself in this particular. When the raftershave been thus constructed, they can be readily raised and securedwithout the necessity of building scaffolds for this purpose. Themeeting ends of the rafters for the opposite sides of the roof aresecured together at the ridge or comb by short collar-beams 20 beforethey are raised.

In order to strengthen the construction of the sides and ends of thebarn to prevent the same from being racked and twisted by the winds, Iincline the studs 21 between the vertical corner-studs 1 and thevertical intermediate studs 22 and door-posts 23, the inclined studs 21in each bay or space between a cor ner and a stud or post 23 incliningin. opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 1, thus bracing a side or endof the barn in both directions longitudinally thereof. For the purposesof this specification I have shown a doorway framed in the side of thebarn in Fig. 1 of the drawings; but this may be omitted. In practice thedoors are usually in the sides of the barn. The inclined studs 21, whichare disposed on opposite sides of each intermediate stud 22, convergeupwardly thereto, as shown, and hence each bay or space between a pairof vertical corner or door posts or studs is braced against stress inopposite directions, as will be understood.

The pressure in a barn of this character is upward and outward upon thehips of the roof, especially when heavy downward pressure is broughtupon the ridge of the roof, as when hoisting hay or grain when unloadinga wagon driven into the barn. In order to further strengthen theconstruction of the roof at the hips, I employ ties 7, which areconnected to the upper vertical sections 3 of the trusses and the uppersections 6 of the rafters.

My improved upright trusses are employed at suitable distances apart inthe sides of a building, usually at intervals of twenty or twenty-fivefeet. They are not used in the end walls of a building nor at thecorners thereof. Where the barn is not provided with an upper floor, myimproved upright trusses enable me to dispense with cross joints or tiesto connect the plates together transversely. In the spaces between theupright trusses I employ on the inner sides of the plates the lateral orhorizontal trusses de scribed and claimed in Letters Patent of theUnited States, No. 506,732, granted to me October 17, 1893.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a building, thecombination of an upright truss, a stud to the lower end of which thelower end of the truss is secured, a plate on the upper end of the stud,the upper end of the truss extending above the upper end of said stud,and a hip-rafter secured on the plate and having its angle supported bythe truss, substantially as described.

2. In a building, the combination of an upright truss, a stud tothe'lower end of which the lower end of said truss is secured, the upperend of the truss extending above the upper end of said stud, and ahip-rafter connected to the upper end of said stud and having its anglesupported by the truss.

In a building, the combination of a side frame, an upright truss on theinner side thereof and secured thereto, a rafter secured to said frameand to the upper end of said truss, the latter extending above saidframe, and a strut connected to said truss, substantially as described.

4. In a building, the combination of a side frame, a truss comprising anupper and a lower section, the latter being secured at its lower end tosaid frame, said upper section extending above said frame, a tieconnecting said truss to said frame, a rafter secured to said frame andto the upper end of said truss, and a strut having its upper end securedto said truss and supporting said rafter, substantially as described.

5. A hip-rafter, comprising two sections having their meeting endsbeveled from opposite sides, connecting-wires secured on the upper sidesof said sections, and a gambrelblock, secured on the under sides of saidsections, whereby the latter have their meeting ends opened on theirupper sides to exert tensile stress on said connecting-wires,substantially as described.

6. In a building, the combination of a side frame, a truss comprising anupper and a lower section, the latter being secured at its lower end tosaid frame, said upper section extending above said frame, a hip-rafter,comprising a lower and an upper section, the former being secured to theupper end of said truss, and on said side frame, a tie connecting saidlower rafter-section to said truss and a tie connecting the latter tosaid upper rafter-section, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SCHIIIDLER.

Witnesses:

INA A. BABBITT,

W. E. HODGMAN.

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